May 28, 2016

Here's another layout inspired by the Sketch + 3 challenge by Rochelle:

"This was an easy fun sketch to do. I used the scraps from The ScrapRoom's May kit to create this layout. From the list, I used: list 1 - Metal ("Always" clip & stick pin), list 2 - Naples Yellow and list 3 - October Afternoon ("Today" washi tape)."

May 25, 2016

"Other than the colors, I used several elements from the three lists. The blue polka dots paper is from an old MME collection. I placed a metal anchor in the upper left corner. I clued several pièces of Tim Holtz newsprint tissue wrap on my background, which is a paper from October Afternoon, one of my favorite scrapbooking company, ever."

May 24, 2016

"I love this sketch! Worked perfectly for these two photos I have of my dad and our dog, Sienna. From the lists- I chosed Metal, Newsprint and Overlay. The overlay from Cedar Lane matched well with Simple Stories for my background. I was super excited to finally use it! I hope you give this challenge a go- it has great unique things in the lists to try to use!! I wouldn't have thought to try this all together but it worked!!"

May 22, 2016

Today we are sharing with you this lovely layout created by our designer Cassie:

Cassie said this about her layout:

"The sketch + challenge this month is such a great sketch to use. I changed up the number of photos and size of them. I loved these four pictures of my silly daughter at the bus stop in the morning, so I just cropped them down to smaller vertical photo and kept the angled placement similar to the sketch. From the list part of the challenge I used: My Mind’s Eye, Metal, Newsprint, Naples Yellow and Olive.

I hope that I have inspired you to try out this great challenge. I can’t wait to see your creation!"

As you can see, these photos are from our trip to San Diego, back in 2011 - YIKES! 5 years ago already!! I think the photos I took of the Lions came out great, and I love the way they work with BoBunny's Zoology Line. I've had this collection in my stash for quite some time! I had fun tearing the edges of some of the papers, and mixing up lots of patterns. Then I added metal elements from my stash for List 1 of the challenge - I think they work perfectly too!"

Here's the challenge:

For more information about this challenge and the May Stash Challenge,

May 18, 2016

Today, Designer Tanti is inspiring us with her layout lovely layout she created for the Sketch +3 Challenge:

Tanti said this about her layout:

"This layout is about my first experience winning a jackpot.

Like most of the time I just followed the design of this wonderful sketch.

But I only used one photo instead of two.This is the stash items I used from the lists to complete my challenge:List #1: Metal and My Mind's Eye (The Flair Button).List #2: Newsprint (Patterned Paper).List #3: Ocober Afternoon (Sticker).I didn't add much embellishments to my page because the background paper looks already busy.For more detail please visit my blog: www.tantikcreation.blogspot.de"

Here's the challenge:

Click HERE for details on this challenge or the May 1st Book Inspired challenge.

May 16, 2016

Scrap Our Stash is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for our next term. We are in search of Designers who are enthusiastic, reliable and committed. We welcome International, past and present designer submissions. Designers with no prior experience are also encouraged to apply.

Dates to Remember:

Submissions will be taken until: May 31, 2016

New Design Team will be announced: June 14, 2016

New Design Reveals: July 1 ~ July 14, 2016

SOS Design Team Requirements:

Commit to a 6 month term: July 1 – Dec 31, 2016

Complete 2 LAYOUTS a month (Challenges are posted 2-3 months in advance with due dates)

Visit challenge participants blogs and leave comments.

Maintain an active and updated blog.

Post our challenges, events, and your projects on your blog on reveal day and link back to the SOS Blog.

Promote SOS challenges and events on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Display the SOS “Design Team Blinkie” on your blog

Actively participate in one blog hop or event during the term.

Submit your DT reveals no later than five days before scheduled post.

Have a Facebook account. Our Design Team Group is on FB and that is how we communicate with the team.

Benefits:

A link to your blog and your photo will be displayed on the SOS blog, which has a large following.

"There are several things I like about this sketch. First off, the simple clean nature of the design. Second, it uses several smaller pieces of paper which is perfect for using up scraps from a favorite collection. Finally, I like that it includes more than one photo. I am sure I will be using this sketch again and again!

For the stash part of the challenge, here is what I used:

List 1 - metal (arrow paper clip)

List 2 - newsprint (flower, star and arrow stickers)

List 3 - October Afternoon (one of my faves from them and definitely older, Night Light)"

"I just love sketches as a starting point for creating and I stayed as close to the sketch as possible. I used the sketch, which worked perfectly for these two pictures with Minnie, and I chose to use Magenta, Yellow and an overlay for my +3. The colors I used matched with Minnie's dress and the overlay I have had for years was a fun add to a fun memory. I used banners and a couple of circles, the white circle I embossed with a Cuttlebug mini dot folder for a little interest and texture. I've had a blast playing with these challenges and I can't wait to see all your layouts with this fun sketch and your +3!!"

May 12, 2016

"Hi there, Zsoka here with you today with a book cover inspired layout! Isn't this cover just gorgeous?! I right away was drawn to the big heart! I saw balloons! So I decided to create a big heart shaped balloon, then fussy cut a photo of my son and "hung" him on the rope smile emoticon. I had this background paper from Basic Grey and never knew how to use it...but it was perfect for this LO as it looks like my son is flying over the city. We had to use flowers as well so I decided to create the balloon out of little flowers. I finally used a bit of my enormous stash of tissue papers (left over from my paper pom pom making days ha!).

May 11, 2016

"Once again this month, our book cover inspiration is absolutely stunning! The colors, the scenery, everything is gorgeous! I love, love it!!!

While I was searching my stash for a landscape picture, I found this tiny little picture of New York I took long time ago but never get the opportunity to scrap. Well, well... that day had finally come! Since my picture is mainly black, I've decided to use the color scheme from the book cover to balance my layout. I used a piece of cheese cloth, flowers, rub-ons, thread and crystals as embellishments."

May 10, 2016

"There was just so much inspiration in this month's book cover!! I decided to go upon the ombré pink sunset - it is just simply gorgeous! Between matching the pink and including flowers, Fancy Free by Pink Paislee was the perfect fit for the challenge!! I can't wait to see what you all come up with for the challenge!!"